Jerry DeMarco

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Born in Newark and raised in Hudson County, Jerry DeMarco is a 38-year veteran of the news industry and a renowned breaking news reporter. He has covered local, county and state police, as well as the FBI, ATF and other federal agencies.

DeMarco joined Daily Voice in 2015 after six years running Cliffview Pilot, one of the nation's few independent breaking news sites. As an independent publisher, he helped establish Local Independent Online News, a national trade organization.

Prior to launching his own site, DeMarco served as a reporter for the Bergen Record, Stamford Advocate, Rockland Journal News, News Tribune, and Trenton Times.

DeMarco has won national recognition for his investigative work, including Clarion, Heywood Broun and Deadline Club awards. He's changed public policy and managed several major projects -- including one that helped put a corrupt public official in federal prison and another that forced a sitting New Jersey attorney general from office for her participation in a Bergen County traffic stop involving her boyfriend.

DeMarco regularly lectures at a graduate course in media relations at Fairleigh Dickinson University and previously was an adjunct professor at Lehman College in the Bronx. 

He has a Bachelor's Degree in English from St. Peter's University in Jersey City.

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Emergency Crews Remove Dangling Pipe At GWB Approach Emergency Crews Remove Dangling Pipe At GWB Approach Emergency Crews Remove Dangling Pipe At GWB Approach
Emergency Crews Remove Dangling Pipe At GWB Approach FORT LEE, N.J. -- Emergency workers removed a dangling overhead pipe beneath the Port Authority bus station at the George Washington Bridge in Washington Heights that closed both the upper and lower lanes of the Cross-Bronx Expressway Friday morning. All lanes were reopened by 11:30 a.m., the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice.

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
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Wrong-Way Crash On Ringwood Avenue In Wanaque Sends 2 To Hospital Wrong-Way Crash On Ringwood Avenue In Wanaque Sends 2 To Hospital Wrong-Way Crash On Ringwood Avenue In Wanaque Sends 2 To Hospital
Wrong-Way Crash On Ringwood Avenue In Wanaque Sends 2 To Hospital WANAQUE, N.J. -- Wanaque firefighters cut a 43-year-old Haskell man from his car Friday morning after it crossed into oncoming traffic on Ringwood Avenue, sideswiped one car and then slammed head-on into another. Christian Villavicencio, who was behind the wheel of the 2002 Nissan Sentra, was taken to Morristown Medical Center with back and neck injuries after the 8 a.m. incident, Capt. Kenneth Fackina said. Rosemary Conte, 50, of Wanaque -- who was driving a 2016 Honda CRV that was struck -- was taken to Chilton Hospital with neck and chest injuries and some facial cuts, Fackina said. Nei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wayne Responders Revive Allergic Man Stung By More Than 20 Bees Wayne Responders Revive Allergic Man Stung By More Than 20 Bees Wayne Responders Revive Allergic Man Stung By More Than 20 Bees
Wayne Responders Revive Allergic Man Stung By More Than 20 Bees WAYNE, N.J. -- A 52-year-old man who went into cardiac arrest after he was stung by more than 20 bees remained in intensive care after being revived by a group of Wayne first responders, authorities said Friday. The highly allergic victim was unconscious, his breathing shallow, when Officers Tom Colella, Dan DuBois, Chris Carbone and Sgt. Don Davidson responded to Finn's Mobile Home Park off Fairfield Road, Capt. Laurence Martin said. They administered defibrillator shocks and two Epi-Pen doses, he said. Two EMTs Wayne Memorial Volunteer First Aid Squad joined and conducted possibly life-…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic Sheriff: Tec-9, Stolen Semi-Automatic Seized In Paterson Drug Raid Passaic Sheriff: Tec-9, Stolen Semi-Automatic Seized In Paterson Drug Raid Passaic Sheriff: Tec-9, Stolen Semi-Automatic Seized In Paterson Drug Raid
Passaic Sheriff: Tec-9, Stolen Semi-Automatic Seized In Paterson Drug Raid PATERSON, N.J. -- Passaic County sheriff's narcotics detectives seized a 9mm TEC-9 with a high-capacity magazine and a stolen .380-caliber semi-automatic handgun, along with more than 100 Oxycodone pills and nearly $2,000 in suspected drug proceeds, during a raid Thursday at the home of an accused Paterson dealer. Jose Ramirez, 31, had just sold a bag of cocaine on the side of the house to a 29-year-old Fair Lawn man who was stopped "out of the area" by one team of officers, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. This led to a search of the Cliff Street apartment by detectives and membe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Do You Know Her? Beaten Pitbull Mix Found At New Milford-River Edge Border Do You Know Her? Beaten Pitbull Mix Found At New Milford-River Edge Border Do You Know Her? Beaten Pitbull Mix Found At New Milford-River Edge Border
Do You Know Her? Beaten Pitbull Mix Found At New Milford-River Edge Border NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- Authorities were seeking the public's help finding whoever badly beat a pitbull mix who they said was found scarred, overbred and "in overall bad condition" at the border of New Milford and River Edge. A good Samaritan brought the severely injured dog to the Bergen County Animal Shelter after finding her near Boulevard. If you recognize her, or have information that could help authorities, please contact the Bergen County SPCA Law Enforcement Division at (201) 573-8900. All calls are kept confidential and callers can remain anonymous. "Please help us …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen Prosecutor, Hospital Offer Arrested Addicts Instant Detox Bergen Prosecutor, Hospital Offer Arrested Addicts Instant Detox Bergen Prosecutor, Hospital Offer Arrested Addicts Instant Detox
Bergen Prosecutor, Hospital Offer Arrested Addicts Instant Detox HACKENSACK, N.J. – Taking a unique tack against the growing heroin epidemic, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office secured several 5-day detox hospital beds, then conducted a five-day roundup of addicts, authorities announced Thursday. A dozen of the 40 people arrested took advantage of the detox option at Bergen Regional Medical Center, acting county Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Members of a multi-agency task force hit the streets beginning on Sunday and continuing through Thursday, rounding up street buyers, Grewal said during a news conference in Hackensack attended by, among others…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
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Haledon Police Raid Turns Up Loaded Gun, Ammo, Combat Gear, Drugs Haledon Police Raid Turns Up Loaded Gun, Ammo, Combat Gear, Drugs Haledon Police Raid Turns Up Loaded Gun, Ammo, Combat Gear, Drugs
Haledon Police Raid Turns Up Loaded Gun, Ammo, Combat Gear, Drugs HALEDON, N.J. -- A strike force of Haledon police officers and detectives seized a stolen handgun, armor-piercing bullets and a bullet-proof vest with steel plates, along with heroin and drug packaging materials during a raid on an apartment and self-storage unit. Ramon Rivera Jr., 23, who authorities said recently moved to Haledon, remained held on $150,000 bail in the Passaic County Jail, charged with various drug and weapons counts. "I commend my officers for executing these search warrants flawlessly and removing a stolen handgun and contraband off our streets," said Deputy Po…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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PIP Police Snag Bi-State Couple With 300 Bags Of Heroin In Alpine PIP Police Snag Bi-State Couple With 300 Bags Of Heroin In Alpine PIP Police Snag Bi-State Couple With 300 Bags Of Heroin In Alpine
PIP Police Snag Bi-State Couple With 300 Bags Of Heroin In Alpine ALPINE, N.J. -- Palisades Interstate Parkway police said they took 300 bags of heroin out of circulation after pulling over a bi-state couple headed north on the PIP in Alpine. Officer Michael Griffin pulled over the 2006 Dodge Caravan with New York license plates Tuesday afternoon for "failing to keep right for at least a mile and also display[ing] a defective passenger's side tail light," Police Chief Michael Coppola said. The driver, 40-year-old Hilda Lasanta from Reading, PA, already was facing drug distribution charges from two months ago out of Ulster County, where records s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Teen In Paterson 'Knockout Game' Assault Agrees To 2½ Years Behind Bars Teen In Paterson 'Knockout Game' Assault Agrees To 2½ Years Behind Bars Teen In Paterson 'Knockout Game' Assault Agrees To 2½ Years Behind Bars
Teen In Paterson 'Knockout Game' Assault Agrees To 2½ Years Behind Bars PATERSON, N.J. – An 18-year-old Paterson man must serve more than 2½ years in a state juvenile prison after he admitted Wednesday that he knocked out a defenseless man on a city street, in an incident that went viral after it was posted on YouTube. A judge revoked his bail and returned Kristian Gonzalez to an Essex County juvenile detention facility after the teen pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of second-degree aggravated assault. Because Gonzalez was a minor at the time, he will serve his sentence in a Juvenile Justice Commission facility, under state law. He will also remain under…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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State Appeals Court In NJMG Case Allows 'Neither Confirm Nor Deny' Response State Appeals Court In NJMG Case Allows 'Neither Confirm Nor Deny' Response State Appeals Court In NJMG Case Allows 'Neither Confirm Nor Deny' Response
State Appeals Court In Njmg Case Allows 'Neither Confirm Nor Deny' Response HACKENSACK, N.J. -- New Jersey became the second state in the nation in which authorities may “neither confirm nor deny” the existence of certain public records, under a state appeals court ruling Wednesday against a complaint brought by North Jersey Media Group. It began when a reporter for the Community News weekly requested records connected to a Catholic priest who wasn’t arrested or charged with a crime, court papers show. In response, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office neither confirmed nor denied existence of records about the unidentified priest – a decision later supported by no…

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